Troop sponsoring Webelos Campout - Ideas?

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What a shame. Those Webelos den leaders really blew it. Since this was a personal invite event & not a District thing they should have had better manners in keeping you updated on what their dens were planning on doing. It is pretty obvious they did not plan this as a den outing.

 

Were you charging anything, or was the Troop footing the whole bill? Was this supposed to be by the den, or did you advertise as an individual event? Did the Webelos leaders ever get back to you? Are either of your Den Chiefs in either of the Webelos dens?

 

I think I would attend the next Committee meeting for each Pack. Let them know your boys were disappointed by the response. Also let them know that you will try again in the Fall (if your Scouts agree).

 

Think of your answers to the above questions & set things up a bit differently than you did this time. Do not even begin planning any Webelos activities for your camping trip until you have some hard numbers of how many Webelos (if any) there will be. Set a deadline well in advance. If you did not charge this time, maybe if you charged a minimal fee per boy ($5) to reserve their spot it might work better. Get communication with the Webelos den leaders going better. See if they need Den Chiefs. Open up your campout to more Packs.

 

Don't give up, & don't let your boys give up. The only way to bring more boys into your Troop is to keep at it.